From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> When re-parsing the elements here (with changed mode), free the original ones first to avoid leaking memory. Fixes: 310c8387c638 ("wifi: mac80211: clean up connection process") Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 98cb475a14c8..6fa3752b740e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -753,8 +753,10 @@ ieee80211_determine_chan_mode(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, } /* the mode can only decrease, so this must terminate */ - if (ap_mode != conn->mode) + if (ap_mode != conn->mode) { + kfree(elems); goto again; + } mlme_link_id_dbg(sdata, link_id, "connecting with %s mode, max bandwidth %d MHz\n", -- 2.44.0